Handbook of Survey Research provides an introduction to the theory and
practice of sample survey research. It addresses both the student who
desires to master these topics and the practicing survey researcher
who needs a source that codifies, rationalizes, and presents existing
theory and practice. The handbook can be organized into three major
parts. Part 1 sets forth the basic theoretical issues involved in
sampling, measurement, and management of survey organizations. Part 2
deals mainly with ""hands-on,"" how-to-do-it issues: how to draw
theoretically acceptable samples, how to write questionnaires, how to
combine responses into appropriate scales and indices, how to avoid
response effects and measurement errors, how actually to go about
gathering survey data, how to avoid missing data (and what to do when
you cannot), and other topics of a similar nature. Part 3 considers
the analysis of survey data, with separate chapters for each of the
three major multivariate analysis modes and one chapter on the uses of
surveys in monitoring overtime trends. This handbook will be valuable
both to advanced students and to practicing survey researchers seeking
a detailed guide to the major issues in the design and analysis of
sample surveys and to current state of the art practices in sample
surveys.
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ISBN
9781483276304
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Vendor
Academic Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok